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Article: Indian archetypes. (institutional architecture in India)
- Article from:
- The Architectural Review
- Article date:
- May 1, 1995
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After decades of neglect, institutional architecture in India has gradually come to embody an exemplary synthesis of form and ideals. Here, Gautam Bhatia considers three recent schemes.
For decades, an increasingly maligned, formulaic Modernism has been the norm for institutional architecture in India. Built by government construction agencies, municipal authorities and city Works Departments, public architecture became synonymous with bureaucratic citadels - inefficient, cumbersome and faceless. It is only in recent years that Indian bureaucrats have acknowledged the need for a change. Today, a greater share of significant public buildings are designed by private ...
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